U.S. Death Penalties Dwindling

I found that article when I was directed to another Time story, "The Death Penalty: Racist, Classist and Unfair." Which is true, but the last time I researched the death penalty, it seemed far more classist than racist. If you factor for class, a disproportionately high number of both whites and blacks are executed, and a disproportionately low number of Hispanics are:

Percentage of people in poverty who are white: 50%Percentage of people executed who are white: 58%

Percentage of people in poverty who are black: 25%Percentage of people executed who are black: 34%

Percentage of people in poverty who are Hispanic: 23%Percentage of people executed who are Hispanic: 6%

Percentage of people in poverty who are Asian: 3%Percentage of people executed who are "other": 2%